Last week, we took the kiddos up to Fairfax for a visit with Mimi and Grandpa. We had a great time and the kids were spoiled oodles of love, hugs and kisses, extra attention, toys and sugar! :) They had so much fun! Charlie was in rare form...he loved nosing around Mimi's house checking out all of the treasures. We were exhausted each night from chasing him down. Eliza was a sweet and smiley little girl.
We took the kids to the National Zoo. We joke that Charlie is like a T-Rex in that he only notices an animal if it moves. We tried so much to get him to notice an animal but if it was still, it went right over his head. :) However, he like the Orangs, which were perched above us on cables and he LOVED the elephants. He really lit up for them. He was "talking" to them and doing his Elephant imitation (something we picked up from Barnie). He didn't want to leave them. We had a lot of "Bye Bye Ehs" for them. We picked up a stuffed elephant to take as a souvenir. Charlie was very excited about that. He now sleeps with "Mr. Snappy Peanuts" clutched under his arm every night.
Doing his elephant impression!! 
After the zoo, Mimi hosted John's Aunt and Uncle and cousins. His cousin Suzy has kids around the same age (and a little older). Charlie and Eliza had so much fun. However, we learned something new about our sweet little angels. They are kind of bullies. Just kidding. Well, in all seriousness, Charlie did like to steal the other kids' toys and Eliza tried her hardest to pull Mina's nose off (Mina is about two weeks younger than Eliza). She is just at that grabby-grabby stage. We are working with Charlie to teach him about sharing. Up until now, he hasn't had to do it much. Here are some photos of our visit.
I always loved the photos of me and my sibs and cousins just hanging in my grandmothers' kitchens. There is just something about your grandmothers kitchen that is so special. Here are some photos of C&E in their grandmother's kitchen.
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